KR20180031162A - Apparatus and method for mediating item trade - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for mediating an item trade. According to a first aspect of the present invention, the method for mediating an item trade by the apparatus for mediating an item trade includes the steps of: providing a trade target list including a preset number of items among the items registered as a trade target to a user; updating the trade target list if a preset update condition is completed with regard to the user; and mediating the item trade by receiving a trade request for the item selected by the user among the items included in the trade target list. Accordingly, the present invention can increase the interest of the item trade and activate the item trade.

Description

[0001] APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEDIATING ITEM TRADE [0002]

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for intermediating a transaction of an item, and more particularly to a method and apparatus for providing a user with a list of items to be traded and mediating a transaction of items included in the list.

In recent years, there have been more and more games providing systems for trading items between users.

As such, there are a method of selling an item directly by a service provider providing a game and an auction method of trading an item between users.

In particular, the auction system presents a price for purchasing a registered item, and the buyer is determined accordingly. The item registered in the auction is determined according to the balance of the kinds and number of items required by the users do.

However, since the current auction method shows registered items to all users at a time, if a plurality of identical items are registered on the exchange, they are traded at an excessively low price compared to the item value, or when the number of registered items is small, Competition is triggered and the item is traded at a very high price.

As a result, there is a problem in that a sound item transaction can not be performed or an auction system is not operated smoothly in a game because the utilization rate of the exchange is low.

Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2011-0146320, which is related to the prior art, relates to an item auction management method of an online game, in which a user terminal displays whether an auction is progressed for an auction target item, The above-described problems are not solved because the information on the article is not appropriately controlled.

Therefore, a technique for solving the above-described problems is required.

On the other hand, the background art described above is technical information acquired by the inventor for the derivation of the present invention or obtained in the derivation process of the present invention, and can not necessarily be a known technology disclosed to the general public before the application of the present invention .

One embodiment of the present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for intermediating a transaction of an item.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of intermediating a transaction of an item, the method comprising: receiving a predetermined number of items among items registered as a transaction target; A step of providing a transaction target list to the user, updating the transaction target list when the predetermined update condition is satisfied for the user, and transmitting a transaction request for an item selected from the users included in the transaction target list Receiving and mediating a transaction of the item.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus including: an item registration unit for registering an item as a transaction target; a transaction target list including a predetermined number of items in which a user is allowed to bid, And a transaction target list providing unit for providing the generated transaction target list to the user.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer-readable recording medium on which a program for performing an item transaction intermediation method is recorded. The item transaction intermediation method includes: a transaction including a predetermined number of items Updating a transaction target list when a preset update condition for the user is completed, receiving a transaction request for an item selected from a user among the items included in the transaction target list, And intermediating the transaction of the item.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer program stored in a recording medium for performing an item transaction mediating method, the mediatory transaction being performed by an item transaction mediator, comprising: Updating a transaction target list when a preset update condition for the user is completed, receiving a transaction request for an item selected from a user among the items included in the transaction target list, And intermediating the transaction of the item.

According to one of the above-mentioned objects of the present invention, an embodiment of the present invention can provide a method and apparatus for mediating a transaction of an item.

According to one of the tasks of the present invention, unlike the GACA system in which a random item is directly provided to a user, the present invention allows a plurality of items, which are transaction candidates for which a user can select whether to bid or purchase, So that the user can present a method and apparatus for intermediating the item transaction so that the user can decide whether to bid or purchase the desired item again. Therefore, unlike the Gacha system, which relies only on the luck, the item can be traded by appropriately reflecting the luck and will of the user.

According to any one of the task solutions of the present invention, in the item transaction using the auction system or the like, a list including a limited number of transaction objects is provided differently for each user, thereby giving the user an expectation for the act of browsing the transaction object A method and apparatus for mediating a transaction of an item that can increase interest in an item transaction can be presented.

Further, according to any one of the tasks of the present invention, in the item transaction using the auction method or the like, the list including the transaction object is updated after a predetermined time, so that the transaction list is updated for a limited time A method and apparatus for mediating transaction of an item capable of activating a transaction can be presented by giving psychological pressure to decide whether to bid or not.

According to any one of the tasks of the present invention, since the type of the item included in the transaction target list is determined according to the luck, when the popular item is included in the transaction target list, the item is purchased and registered as a transaction target again It is possible to suggest a method and apparatus for mediating the transaction of the item that can induce the re-transaction and activate the item transaction market.

Further, according to any one of the tasks of the present invention, it is possible to provide a transaction target list, which is a list of items to be traded, differently for each user, thereby inducing motivation for users to exchange information on their trade target lists , It is possible to provide an item transaction method and apparatus capable of activating communication between users.

In addition, according to any one of the tasks of the present invention, it is possible to prevent a trade transaction of the transaction system using the bots by updating the transaction target list provided to the user only when the previously set update condition is completed.

The effects obtained by the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned effects, and other effects not mentioned can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description will be.

1 is a block diagram illustrating an item transaction mediator according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 to 5 are flowcharts for explaining an item transaction mediating method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 to 8 are diagrams for explaining an item transaction mediating method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, which will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. In order to clearly illustrate the present invention, parts not related to the description are omitted, and similar parts are denoted by like reference characters throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a part is referred to as being "connected" to another part, it includes not only "directly connected" but also "electrically connected" with another part in between . Also, when an element is referred to as "comprising ", it means that it can include other elements as well, without departing from the other elements unless specifically stated otherwise.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Before describing this, we first define the meaning of the terms used below.

Hereinafter, the term " item " is a game element used for improving the game execution result of the user, and at least temporarily enhances the game execution ability of the control object controlled by the user among the game objects, At least temporarily reversing the game performance of a game object controlled by an object that obstructs execution or a game object controlled by the opponent user, or an opportunity to perform a specific game operation in the game, Or other gaming elements that may be used to play the game. Items can be sold in the game, and items can be exchanged, traded, or presented between users.

Particularly, in the present invention, an item can be an independent transaction object in the game, and when items of the same value having the same value are respectively registered as transaction objects, they are different items.

The 'exchange' means a virtual space that mediates an item to be traded according to a purchase condition presented by a user or a system.

A list including only a limited number of items of the predetermined number of items registered on the exchange may be referred to as a 'transaction list', and information on a predetermined number of items may be included for each transaction list provided to the user. At this time, the item registered in the exchange other than the items included in the transaction target list currently provided to the user is not provided. Accordingly, the above-mentioned transaction target list is a list of all the items registered in the exchange, Item.

Terms other than those defined above are explained below separately.

1 is a block diagram illustrating an item transaction mediator 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The item transaction mediating apparatus 100 stores game space information, game scenario information, game quest information, and various kinds of information related to the game progress, and senses and records various events occurring in the game to enable the game to proceed in a time-series manner .

The item transaction intermediary apparatus 100 may be implemented as an electronic terminal equipped with a game application, or may be implemented as a server-client system, and the system may include an electronic terminal equipped with a client for interaction with a user .

At this time, the electronic terminal may be implemented as a computer, a portable terminal, a television, a wearable device, or the like, which may include an interface capable of interacting with a user. Here, the computer includes, for example, a notebook computer, a desktop computer, a laptop computer, and the like, each of which is equipped with a web browser (WEB Browser), and the portable terminal may be a wireless communication device , Personal Communication System (PCS), Personal Digital Cellular (PDC), Personal Handyphone System (PHS), Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), Global System for Mobile communications (GSM), International Mobile Telecommunication (IMT) (W-CDMA), Wibro (Wireless Broadband Internet), Smart Phone, Mobile WiMAX (Mobile Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) (Handheld) based wireless communication device. In addition, the television may include an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), an Internet television (TV), a terrestrial TV, a cable TV, and the like. Further, the wearable device is an information processing device of a type that can be directly worn on a human body, for example, a watch, a glasses, an accessory, a garment, shoes, and the like. The wearable device can be connected to a remote server via a network, Lt; / RTI >

Also, the electronic terminal can detect occurrence of an input event by detecting a user's click, touch, tab, etc. through the interface, and the input event can include information about the input point of the user.

The server may be implemented as a computing device capable of communicating with an electronic terminal equipped with a client for interacting with a game user, and may include a storage device capable of storing data, or a third server (not shown) Lt; / RTI >

The item transaction intermediary apparatus 100 implemented in the form of an electronic terminal or a server-client as described above includes an item registration unit 110, a transaction target list generation unit 120, a transaction target list providing unit 130, And an item transaction mediator 140.

The item transaction mediating apparatus 100 may also be configured to communicate with the internal components such as the item registration unit 110, the transaction target list generation unit 120, the transaction target list providing unit 130 and the item transaction intermediary unit 140 (Not shown) to enable communication with external components and to communicate with external components.

Meanwhile, the item registration unit 110 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention can register an item to be a transaction target.

That is, the item registration unit 110 can register an item to be registered in the exchange as a transaction target from the user. Or the item registration unit 110 can register an item as needed even if there is no registration action of the user.

According to one embodiment, the item registration unit 110 can acquire and register information on items to be traded from the user. The item registration unit 110 may select at least some of the items held by the user and register the selected items on the exchange. At this time, the item registration unit 110 can receive a transaction condition for an item the user wants to register from the user. Here, the transaction condition may include a condition for the transaction price desired by the user. For example, if an item is traded through auction, the user can receive the lowest bid. You can also enter information about the deadline for bidding.

At this time, according to the embodiment, the item registration unit 110 can register an item only for a registration request of a user for a predetermined number of items. In other words, only a limited number of items can be registered at the same time for an arbitrary user.

For example, the item registration unit 110 can register only one item at a time from one user, refuse the registration request for more than one registration request, and register the item in the exchange to the user It is possible to provide a message to the user. For example, if the item registered by the user is already registered in the exchange as a transaction target and has not been traded yet, the item registration unit 110 can restrict the additional item registration of the corresponding user.

The item registration unit 110 can process an item for which registration is requested exceeding a preset number by waiting registration, and can register an item processed by waiting registration when the transaction of the item registered by the user is completed.

By limiting the number of items that one user can register as described above, each item is included in the list of transactions to be provided to each user with an average probability and exposed, thereby preventing the exposure of specific items or items of a specific user can do.

According to the embodiment, when the number of registered items is less than a predetermined number, the item registration unit 110 can create and register an item to be registered. At this time, the item to be generated may be composed of a kind selected from the types of existing items. That is, the item registration unit 110 increases the number of items to be traded in order to keep the number of the transaction targets at a certain level or more, while the increased number of items is the item of the kind already existing in the game provided by the item transaction apparatus 100 .

For example, if the preset minimum number of registered items is 100, the transaction of the item occurs, only 97 items are currently registered, and if there is no new item registration request from the user, the item registration unit 110 generates three items Can be registered.

This allows the exchange to maintain the minimum number of item types or numbers, thereby allowing the user to continue to participate in the transaction.

Meanwhile, the item transaction mediating apparatus 100 may include a transaction target list generating unit 120. The transaction target list generation unit 120 may generate a transaction target list by extracting a predetermined number of items from the registered items differently for each user.

According to one embodiment, the transaction target list generation unit 120 may extract a predetermined number of items randomly from the registered items.

For example, the transaction target list generation unit 120 can randomly extract 10 items among the items registered in the item registration unit 110, and generate a transaction target list including the extracted items.

According to another embodiment, the transaction target list generation unit 120 may extract a predetermined number of items from the registered items based on the information about the user in the game.

For example, the transaction target list generation unit 120 can acquire information on the quests currently in progress in the game, and based on the acquired information, a required item for the current user to pass the quest is registered Extracted from the item, or extracted from the registered item, excluding the essential items.

Thus, by providing a transaction target list including items that are different for each user, it is possible to increase the fun of the game by providing an expectation such as drawing on an exchange.

Also, the transaction target list generation unit 120 may update the transaction target list provided to the user when the predetermined update condition is satisfied with respect to the transaction target list provided to the user. For this, the transaction target list generation unit 120 can monitor whether or not the user completes the preset update condition.

When the update condition is completed, the transaction target list generation unit 120 may update the transaction target list by extracting a predetermined number of items from the remaining items other than the items included in the transaction target list among the registered items.

The update condition can be completed, for example, when a certain update time has elapsed. Or an update condition may be completed by using a game item in which a user can make an 'update request' using game money. Here, the game goods that can be renewed may be game money used as a currency having a certain value in the game, game points acquired by performing a game, items purchased using other game money or game points, and the like .

That is, the transaction target list can be updated every predetermined period, and can be updated by exhausting the game goods of the user even if the predetermined period has not elapsed. For example, the transaction target list includes a total of five items and can be updated on a daily basis. Accordingly, the user can decide whether or not to trade only a total of 5 items per day, unless he consumes the game goods. However, if a user updates a transaction target list using a game item, an additional five items can be confirmed. At this time, the update cycle can be calculated again from the time when the user updates the transaction target list using the game goods.

In this case, according to the embodiment, the update condition for updating the transaction target list may be composed of two or more update conditions with different difficulty levels for completing the update condition, and the transaction target list generation unit 120 may generate the transaction target list It is possible to extract a predetermined number of items to be included in the transaction target list to be updated by changing the extraction probability of the registered items.

For example, when the user completes the renewal condition by subtracting game money obtainable from the game and obtains an update condition, the transaction target list generation unit 120 sets the probability of extracting a higher-ranked item among the registered items to 10% , And the extraction probability for an item with a lower rating can be set to 90%.

Alternatively, for example, if the update condition is completed by subtracting the gemstone item acquired by the user's cash settlement and making an update request, the transaction target list generation unit 120 generates the item extraction probability And 90%, and the probability of extracting a low-grade item is set to 10%.

Thereafter, the transaction target list generation unit 120 may extract a predetermined item from the registered items according to the extraction probability set corresponding to the update condition completed by the user.

In other words, it is more difficult to complete the game condition by deducting the gem item purchased with cash as compared with the case of completing the game condition by deducting the game money that can be obtained in the course of the game in the game So that it is possible to generate a transaction target list by relatively increasing the probability of extracting a higher grade item in the latter case. In this way, the satisfaction of the user can be increased by providing a compensation that varies according to the cost or effort consumed by the user in the update request and the rating of the item to be provided.

On the other hand, the transaction target list generation unit 120 may replace the item that is completed by the item transaction intermediary unit 140, which will be described later, among the items included in the transaction target list provided to the user, with another item.

That is, when at least one of the items included in the transaction target list provided to the user has completed the transaction, the transaction target list generation unit 120 updates the number of items corresponding to the number of items traded, irrespective of the preset update condition .

In this case, the 'transaction' is an action that an item included in the transaction target list is attributed to a specific user. For example, a transaction is a process in which a user who wants to purchase an item pays a value corresponding to the item, A general sales method or an auction method in which a user who wants to purchase an item tries to bid at a price that is considered to be a value corresponding to the item and gives the item to the user who has offered the highest bid until the tender deadline.

For example, when two items out of the ten items included in the transaction target list of an arbitrary user are traded, the transaction target list generating unit 120 generates the transaction target list 120, even if the update time has elapsed or the user has made a fee- You can update the two completed items with different items.

Accordingly, the number of items traded to the user can be kept constant, thereby increasing the user's desire to participate in the transaction.

Meanwhile, the item transaction mediating apparatus 100 may include a transaction target list providing unit 130. The transaction target list providing unit 130 may provide the transaction target list created by the transaction target list generating unit 120 to the specific user to the user.

The transaction target list providing unit 130 provides a transaction target list generated by the transaction target list generating unit 120 to the user when a request to provide a transaction target list is received from the user, The list generating unit 120 can provide the newly updated transaction target list to the user.

The transaction target list providing unit 130 can provide the user with a transaction target list of another user based on the predetermined exchange condition. According to one embodiment, when the user uses a swap item for swapping a transaction target list with another user, the transaction target list providing unit 130 generates a transaction target list between the user using the swap item and another user You can swap.

For example, when the user who has purchased the swap item selects another user, the transaction target list providing unit 130 may swap the transaction target list of the selected other user and the transaction target list of the user.

For example, when another user is set as a friend user in the swap item, the transaction target list providing unit 130 may swap the transaction target list provided to the friend user and the transaction target list of the user.

According to another embodiment, when another user purchases a transaction target list sold by the user, the transaction target list providing unit 130 may provide the user with a transaction target list to other users. Alternatively, when the user purchases the transaction target list of another user, the transaction target list providing unit 130 may provide the transaction target list of another user to the user.

At this time, according to the embodiment, the transaction target list providing unit 130 can provide the existing transaction target list to the user who purchased the transaction target list of another user after a predetermined time elapses.

Meanwhile, the item transaction mediating apparatus 100 may include an item transaction mediating unit 140. When the transaction condition for at least one item included in the transaction target list is completed, the item transaction mediating unit 140 assigns the completed item to the specific user. At this time, the item that an arbitrary user can bid or purchase can be limited to the item included in the transaction target list provided to the user. That is, in the embodiment of the present invention, only some of the items registered in the exchange, that is, the items included in the transaction target list are provided to the corresponding user, the other items are not exposed to the user, The user can bid on the transaction or make an attempt to purchase it.

According to one embodiment, the item transaction mediating unit 140 can transfer the ownership of the item to the user who preferentially pays the sales price matched to the item included in the transaction target list.

According to another embodiment, the item transaction mediator 140 can obtain a bid price from at least one user for a predetermined period of time for an item registered through an exchange, and when the period ends, the highest bid price is presented In this way, when an item is traded by the auction method, unlike a general auction method, the type and number of items that the user can participate in the auction It is necessary to decide whether or not to bid before the bid list is updated, even before the bid closing period has come. Therefore, according to the embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to encourage the user's tendency to bid for items included in his / her transaction target list, as compared with the case of trading an item by a general auction method. In addition, even if the item is traded in a general sales manner, since the type and number of items that the user can buy are limited and the user must decide whether or not to purchase the item within a predetermined time, If you decide to make a quick purchase.

Therefore, according to the embodiment of the present invention, the effect that the item transaction is activated is derived. In particular, since it is not possible to predict which item will be included in the transaction target list after the update, it is desirable to increase the frequency of item transactions between users so as to obtain the item in the transaction target list provided to the current user, .

If the specific item is traded as described above, the transaction target list generation unit 120 may delete the corresponding item from all the transaction target lists including the traded item, and replace the item with another item. At this time, the other item that replaces the traded item may be selected from items having similar trading conditions to items selected or traded from items that are the same as the traded item, but it is not necessarily the case that the user's game And may be selected differently depending on the information in the memory.

2 to 5 are flowcharts for explaining an item transaction mediating method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The item transaction mediating method according to the embodiment shown in FIGS. 2 to 5 includes the steps of time-series processing in the item transaction mediating apparatus 100 shown in FIG. Therefore, the contents described above with respect to the item transaction mediating apparatus 100 shown in FIG. 1 may be applied to the item transaction mediating method according to the embodiment shown in FIG. 2 to FIG. 5, even though omitted from the following description.

6 to 8 will be described below with reference to Figs. 2 to 5. Fig. 6 to 8 are diagrams for explaining an item transaction mediating method according to an embodiment of the present invention, and show an example of a screen D of an electronic terminal in which the item transaction mediating apparatus 100 is implemented.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart for explaining an item transaction mediating method according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 2, the item transaction mediator 100 includes a transaction object A list can be provided to the user (S2001).

For this purpose, the item transaction mediating apparatus 100 can register an item to be a transaction target.

The item transaction intermediary apparatus 100 may generate a transaction target list by extracting a transaction target list including a predetermined number of items among the registered items, for each user.

And the item transaction mediating apparatus 100 can provide the generated transaction target list to the user.

Thereafter, the item transaction intermediary apparatus 100 can update the transaction target list when the predetermined update condition is satisfied for the user (S2002).

At this time, the update condition can be completed by at least one of the lapse of a predetermined time or the use of the predetermined game goods.

When the update condition is completed, the item transaction mediating apparatus 100 extracts the predetermined number of items from among the items registered in the transaction target list, excluding the items included in the provided transaction target list, Can be generated.

For example, when a predetermined time elapses after the transaction target list is provided, the item transaction intermediary apparatus 100 may update the transaction target list provided to the user.

Alternatively, for example, if the user requests an update using the goods in the game, the item transaction mediating apparatus 100 can update the transaction target list provided to the user.

And the item transaction mediating apparatus 100 may provide the newly created transaction target list to the user by replacing the provided transaction target list.

Hereinafter, the embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 5. FIG.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process in which the item transaction intermediary apparatus 100 registers items from a user according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to this, the item transaction mediating apparatus 100 can obtain a registration request of an item from the user (S3001).

At this time, the item transaction intermediary apparatus 100 can determine whether the registration request from the user exceeds the predetermined number (S3002), and can stop the registration of the item exceeding the predetermined number (S3003).

For example, if the predetermined number is two, the item transaction intermediary apparatus 100 performs registration for two items with respect to a registration request for ten items from the user, but does not register for the remaining eight items .

At this time, the item transaction mediating apparatus 100 can notify the user of the item that is not registered.

Meanwhile, FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a process in which the item transaction mediating apparatus 100 generates and provides a transaction target list according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to this, the item transaction intermediary apparatus 100 may receive a request for providing a transaction target list from the user (S4001).

For example, when the user visits the auction site, which is the exchange site, the item transaction intermediary apparatus 100 can generate the transaction target list for the user who visited the auction site.

For this purpose, the item transaction intermediary apparatus 100 can determine whether the number of registered items is less than a preset number (S3002) through steps S3001 to S3003 of FIG. 3 (S4002) The item transaction intermediation apparatus 100 can generate and register an item to be registered (S4003).

For example, the item transaction mediating apparatus 100 can create and register an item of any one of the items used in the game. Alternatively, the item transaction mediating apparatus 100 can collect items sold in the shops and register them on the exchange in order to maintain the total amount of items in the game.

The item transaction mediator 100 may extract a predetermined number of items from the registered items according to a predetermined method (S4004).

At this time, the item transaction mediating apparatus 100 may extract a predetermined number of items from the registered items differently for each user.

According to one embodiment, the item transaction intermediary apparatus 100 may extract a predetermined number of items randomly from the registered items.

According to another embodiment, the item transaction mediating apparatus 100 may extract a predetermined number of items from the registered items based on the information about the user in the game. For example, based on the information about the character held by the user, the item transaction mediating apparatus 100 can identify an item necessary for upgrading the current character, and extract a predetermined number of items including the identified item .

Thereafter, the item transaction mediating apparatus 100 may generate a transaction target list including a predetermined number of items (S4005).

That is, the item transaction mediating apparatus 100 extracts a predetermined number of items randomly from registered items in one embodiment.

For example, the item transaction mediating apparatus 100 extracts a predetermined number of items randomly from registered items for each user, counts the number of times of extraction of each item, and excludes items having a high count.

In another embodiment, the item transaction mediating apparatus 100 may extract a predetermined number of items from the registered items based on the information about the user in the game.

For example, the item transaction mediating apparatus 100 may acquire the quest information to be executed by the user and extract the item so that the item necessary for performing the quest is included.

Then, the item transaction intermediary apparatus 100 can provide the generated transaction target list to the user (S4006).

6 is an exemplary diagram showing a transaction target list provided by the item transaction mediating apparatus 100 to each of the first user and the second user. The item transaction intermediation apparatus 100 includes a first transaction target list 601 having the same number of items for the first user and a second user but including different types of items, a second transaction target list 602 Can be generated.

On the other hand, the item transaction mediating apparatus 10 can replace an item of a predetermined number of items included in the transaction target list with another item.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of the item transaction mediating apparatus 100 updating a transaction target list according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, the item transaction mediating apparatus 100 may obtain an update request from the user according to one embodiment (S5001).

That is, when the user makes a renewal request by consuming game goods such as game money or jewelry purchased in cash, the item transaction mediating apparatus 100 can update the transaction target list.

At this time, the item transaction mediating apparatus 100 may set the extraction probability of an item included in the list of items to be updated differently based on the degree of difficulty of the completed update condition (S5002).

For example, when the user makes settlement with game money, the item transaction mediating apparatus 100 can set the extraction probability of an item necessary for a quest performed by the current user to 30%.

Alternatively, for example, when the user makes a settlement with cash, the item transaction mediating apparatus 100 can set the extraction probability of an item necessary for a quest performed by the current user as high as 90%.

Thereafter, the item transaction intermediary apparatus 100 may update the transaction target list by extracting a predetermined number of items from the remaining items other than the items included in the transaction target list among the registered items (S5003).

In this way, it is possible to immediately update the transaction target list according to the user's request, so that a user who has not found an item to bid or purchase in the presently provided transaction target list or a user who has already completed the bid or purchase, You can provide it immediately. Accordingly, the user can repeat the process of finding an item that he / she needs or want to re-trade in a newly updated transaction target list and then performing a transaction.

7 is an exemplary diagram showing an updated transaction target list. 6 and 7, the item transaction intermediary apparatus 100 transmits the first transaction target list 601 to the new items 701 and 702 in random order according to the update request of the user who purchased the 'update' And update it to the second transaction target list 703.

On the other hand, if the preset time has elapsed (S5004), the item transaction mediating apparatus 100 can update the transaction target list as in step S5003.

Meanwhile, the item transaction mediating apparatus 100 can detect whether an item included in the transaction target list provided to the user has been traded (S5005).

At this time, if the item included in the transaction target list provided to the user is completed, the item transaction intermediary apparatus 100 extracts a new item as in step S5003 by the number of items that have been completed, and replaces the transaction completed item in the transaction target list .

8 is an exemplary diagram showing an updated list of transaction targets. Referring to FIGS. 6 and 8, the item transaction mediating apparatus 100 may update the item 603 in which the transaction has been completed with the second item 801 among the first transaction target list 601. FIG.

In this way, a certain number of items are included in the transaction target list, so that the user can be aware that the sale of items is active, thereby increasing the participation rate.

The term " part " used in the present embodiment means a hardware component such as software or a field programmable gate array (FPGA) or an ASIC, and 'part' performs certain roles. However, 'part' is not meant to be limited to software or hardware. &Quot; to " may be configured to reside on an addressable storage medium and may be configured to play one or more processors. Thus, by way of example, 'parts' may refer to components such as software components, object-oriented software components, class components and task components, and processes, functions, , Subroutines, segments of program patent code, drivers, firmware, microcode, circuitry, data, databases, data structures, tables, arrays, and variables.

The functions provided within the components and components may be combined with a smaller number of components and components or separated from additional components and components.

In addition, the components and components may be implemented to play back one or more CPUs in a device or a secure multimedia card

The item transaction intermediation method according to the embodiment described with reference to Figs. 2 to 5 may also be implemented in the form of a recording medium including instructions executable by a computer such as a program module executed by a computer. Computer readable media can be any available media that can be accessed by a computer and includes both volatile and nonvolatile media, removable and non-removable media. In addition, the computer-readable medium may include both computer storage media and communication media. Computer storage media includes both volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data. Communication media typically includes any information delivery media, including computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data in a modulated data signal such as a carrier wave, or other transport mechanism.

The item transaction mediation method according to an embodiment of the present invention may also be implemented as a computer program (or a computer program product) including instructions executable by a computer. A computer program includes programmable machine instructions that are processed by a processor and can be implemented in a high-level programming language, an object-oriented programming language, an assembly language, or a machine language . The computer program may also be recorded on a computer readable recording medium of a type (e.g., memory, hard disk, magnetic / optical medium or solid-state drive).

Therefore, the item transaction mediating method according to an embodiment of the present invention can be realized by the computer program as described above being executed by the computing device. The computing device may include a processor, a memory, a storage device, a high-speed interface connected to the memory and a high-speed expansion port, and a low-speed interface connected to the low-speed bus and the storage device. Each of these components is connected to each other using a variety of buses and can be mounted on a common motherboard or mounted in any other suitable manner.

Where the processor may process instructions within the computing device, such as to display graphical information to provide a graphical user interface (GUI) on an external input, output device, such as a display connected to a high speed interface And commands stored in memory or storage devices. As another example, multiple processors and / or multiple busses may be used with multiple memory and memory types as appropriate. The processor may also be implemented as a chipset comprised of chips comprising multiple independent analog and / or digital processors.

The memory also stores information within the computing device. In one example, the memory may comprise volatile memory units or a collection thereof. In another example, the memory may be comprised of non-volatile memory units or a collection thereof. The memory may also be another type of computer readable medium such as, for example, a magnetic or optical disk.

And the storage device can provide a large amount of storage space to the computing device. The storage device may be a computer readable medium or a configuration including such a medium and may include, for example, devices in a SAN (Storage Area Network) or other configurations, and may be a floppy disk device, a hard disk device, Or a tape device, flash memory, or other similar semiconductor memory device or device array.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the foregoing description of the present invention is for illustrative purposes only and that those of ordinary skill in the art can readily understand that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics of the present invention. will be. It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive. For example, each component described as a single entity may be distributed and implemented, and components described as being distributed may also be implemented in a combined form.

The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than the detailed description and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents are to be construed as being included within the scope of the present invention do.

100: Item trading intermediary device
110: Item registration section
120: Transaction target list generation unit
130: Target list provider
140: Item trading broker

Claims (18)

A method for intermediating an item transaction, comprising:
Providing a transaction target list including a predetermined number of items among items registered as a transaction target to a user;
Updating the transaction list when the predetermined update condition is satisfied for the user; And
And receiving a transaction request for an item selected from the item among the items included in the transaction target list to mediate a transaction of the item. The method according to claim 1,
The step of mediating the transaction comprises:
Receiving a bid price for a selected item among the items included in the transaction target list from the user; And,
Determining whether to win the selected item for the user based on bid prices entered from one or more users including the user for the selected item. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the updating comprises:
Extracting the predetermined number of items from among the items registered in the transaction target list excluding the items included in the provided transaction target list to generate a new transaction target list when the update condition is completed; And
And providing the newly created transaction target list to the user in place of the provided transaction target list. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the updating comprises:
Extracting a predetermined number of items from the items registered as the transaction target based on the information about the user and creating a new transaction target list when the update condition is completed; And
And providing the newly created transaction target list to the user in place of the provided transaction target list. The method according to claim 1,
The update condition includes:
A predetermined time elapsed, or a use of a predetermined game item. The method according to claim 1,
The step of providing the transaction target list to the user includes:
And replacing the transaction-completed item with another item among the predetermined number of items included in the transaction target list. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the updating of the transaction target list comprises:
Extracting items to be included in the transaction target list by differentiating extraction probabilities of the items registered as the transaction target according to the degree of difficulty of the update condition completed by the user among two or more different update conditions having different completion degrees of difficulty; And
And updating the transaction target list using the extracted item. The method according to claim 1,
The item transaction intermediation method includes:
Further comprising registering the item as a transaction target,
The method of claim 1,
Acquiring a registration request for at least one item among the items held by the user and registering the item as a transaction target; And
And registering the item to be registered as a transaction target when the registered item is less than a preset number. The method according to claim 1,
The item transaction intermediation method includes:
Further comprising the step of swapping the transaction target list of the user with the transaction target list of the other user when the user uses the swap item which is an item swapping the transaction target list provided to the user with another transaction target list of the other user , Item transaction intermediation method. The method according to claim 1,
The item transaction intermediation method includes:
Selling the transaction target list provided to the user to another user by the user; And
And providing the other user with the same transaction target list as the transaction target list provided to the user. An item transaction mediating apparatus for mediating an auction of an item,
An item registration unit for registering the item as a transaction target;
A transaction target list generation unit for generating a transaction target list including a predetermined number of items in which a user is allowed to bid among the registered items when the preset update condition is completed; And
And a transaction target list providing unit for providing the generated transaction target list to the user. 12. The method of claim 11,
Wherein the transaction target list generation unit comprises:
And generates a different transaction target list for each user. 12. The method of claim 11,
The update condition includes:
A predetermined period of time, or the use of a predetermined gaming commodity. 12. The method of claim 11,
Wherein the transaction target list generation unit comprises:
And extracts a predetermined number of items from the remaining items other than the items included in the transaction target list provided to the user among the registered items. 12. The method of claim 11,
The transaction target list providing unit,
And changes the transaction target list provided to the user to a transaction target list of another user to provide the item transaction intermediary list. 12. The method of claim 11,
The item transaction intermediation apparatus comprises:
Further comprising an item transaction mediating unit for mediating an auction transaction for at least one of the items included in the transaction target list provided to the user in accordance with the bid of the user,
Wherein the transaction target list generation unit comprises:
Wherein the item transaction intermediation device replaces an item in which the transaction intermediation is completed among the items included in the transaction target list provided to the user, with another item. A computer-readable recording medium on which a program for carrying out the method according to claim 1 is recorded. A computer program stored in a recording medium for performing the method according to claim 1, which is performed by an item transaction intermediary apparatus.

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